2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

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2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteMorrone Stadium
Storrs, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (2nd title)
Winning coachLen Tsantiris (2nd title)
BroadcastESPNU (Final only)
American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
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2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 20 Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y 8 – 0 – 1   .944 19 – 3 – 1   .848
Memphis  ‍‍‍y 8 – 1 – 0   .889 14 – 5 – 1   .725
SMU  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 1   .722 13 – 7 – 2   .636
USF  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 2   .556 12 – 4 – 3   .711
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 2   .556 11 – 5 – 4   .650
UCF  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 1   .500 9 – 8 – 2   .526
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 8 – 10 – 1   .447
Houston  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 2   .222 6 – 7 – 3   .469
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 1   .167 5 – 12 – 1   .306
Temple  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 0   .000 3 – 16 – 0   .158
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2016 AAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of 2016-11-20; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Morrone Stadium, home field of the regular season champion Connecticut Huskies in Storrs, Connecticut.[1] The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Cincinnati Bearcats are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the USF Bulls in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match.

Bracket[]

First Round
Wednesday, Nov. 2 		Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 4 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
1 Connecticut 2
4 USF 0 (4) 4 USF 0
5 Cincinnati 0 (3) 1 Connecticut 1
3 SMU 0
2 Memphis 0
3 SMU 1 (3) 3 SMU 1
6 UCF 1 (2)

Schedule[]

First Round[]

November 2, 2016 #3 SMU 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 #6 UCF Storrs, Connecticut
4:30 p.m. EST Claire Oates 71' Report Carol Rodrigues 5' Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Mark Allatin
Penalties
Vanessa Valadez soccer ball with check mark
Allie Thornton soccer ball with check mark
Hannah Fleet soccer ball with red X
Claire Oates soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Carol Rodrigues
soccer ball with check mark Zandy Soree
soccer ball with red X Morgan Ferrara
soccer ball with red X Julia Moore
soccer ball with red X Amanda Wilkin
November 2, 2016 #4 USF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 #5 Cincinnati Storrs, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Michael Wallace
Penalties
Grace Adams soccer ball with check mark
Trudi Carter soccer ball with check mark
Andrea Hauksdottir soccer ball with check mark
Evelyne Viens soccer ball with red X
Yasmine Hall soccer ball with red X
Leticia Skeete soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Julie Gavorski
soccer ball with check mark Cassie Wheldon
soccer ball with red X Bailey Wilson
soccer ball with check mark Jordan Cotleur
soccer ball with check mark Taylor Pavlika
soccer ball with red X Tiffany Huber

Semifinals[]

November 4, 2016 #2 Memphis 0–1 #3 SMU Storrs, Connecticut
4:30 p.m. EST Report Claire Oates 85' Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Bruno Mozzo
November 4, 2016 #1 Connecticut 2–0 #4 USF Storrs, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Rachel Hill 38'
Stephanie Ribeiro 50'		 Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Noel Cotterell

Final[]

November 6, 2016 #1 Connecticut 1–0 #3 SMU Storrs, Connecticut
2:00 p.m. EST Rachel Hill 40' Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Cassio Ribeiro

References[]

  1. ^ "Pairings for the 2016 American Women's Soccer Championship Announced". The American. October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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